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rtist and designer,
Keith Tunnicliffe
is based in the
beautiful seaside
town of Brixham in South
Devon, but this striking
linocut features the River
Thames at Staines. ‘The River
Thames and its environment
has inspired many artists
over the years with its
pageantry, atmosphere
and wildlife,’ he explains.
‘Recently its birdlife has
inspired a new microbrewery,
Thames Side Brewery, on the
banks of the river at Staines
on Thames, to name its beers
after its local inhabitants.
This in turn also served
as an inspiration to me to
create linocuts to feature and
exhibit on their walls.
‘Each year in July the
swans on this royal river
are counted and marked
and this occasion shows
how much this beautiful,
serene creature on the water
becomes such an awkward
mechanical machine on
dry land. My intention with
this linocut was to capture
their jerky gait as they move
towards the towpath.
‘My style is to create a
loose, yet effective, piece
of art that depicts in no
doubt what is in my mind at
the time. For this artwork,
and for the others in this
series, I have used soft lino
and a 140lb Bockingford
watercolour paper, together with
Essdee’s vibrant inks. I use a painterly
process, sometimes adding more inks
and colours as I lay the paper over the
lino. I love the effect this creates and a
result that is the complete opposite of
a normal linocut where the layers are
accurate and sharp. On a recent Sky Arts
programme (Keith was a finalist in the
Sky Landscape Artist of the Year 2019
competition) the judges had difficulty
deciding whether my work was a linocut
or not.
‘I have a background in ink drawing forMeet this month’s editor’s choice winner from our PaintersOnline gallery
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this work, I use a fine cutting tool to
draw and initially sketch out the birds’
features and the important areas of the
image before applying inks and the
deeper, wider marks.
‘For my product designs I’ve sketched
a wide variety of subjects from
penguins on the Falkland Islands to our
royal palaces. I have had an amazing
response to my style and I look forward
to producing artwork people love and
recognise over the coming months andyears. I certainly have a wealth of ideas
and images lining up in my head.
‘To keep in touch and to find out
where you can see my work please visit
http://www.larkstudios.co.uk or follow me on
Twitter https://twitter.com/LarkStudios
and Instagram https://www.instagram.
com/keithtunnicliffe/To upload your own images to our online
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